A young handicapped woman named Carla Egan discussed her feelings on abortion in a newsletter from American Life League.
“Productive members of society like me are killed every day, before they are given the chances that I have been given…I graduated from college and excelled in my studies. I am employed in my field. But I was born with a bone condition…I have a type of dwarfism. Although I stand only four feet tall, I lead a normal life. I ride a bike, I swim, I work, I play…There are thousands of people like me who have been denied the chance to try because society didn’t feel like looking at them….People are aborted every day because society doesn’t feel like dealing with Down’s Syndrome, Spina Bifida, or other abnormalities. We have to take chances on people with disabilities, to learn from them, to have fun with them. We have to stop flushing them down the toilet.”
“Life for the Disabled” Celebrate Life, publication of American Life League, Oct 1991
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